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My Life in Astronomy

I have always been interested in stars and astronomy, more keenly so when I was a lot younger, when bike helmets weren't sold on the open market. I always hoped that I would get a telescope for my birthday or Christmas. It never happened.

But I did have the Golden Book volume about Astronomy, a part of an encyclopedia sold at the grocery store. A few years later, my mom started buying the Funk & Wagnall's encyclopedia at the grocery store, volume by volume, week by week. She never got a complete set from A to Z; but what fun was the astronomy section anyway without pictures or drawings? I knew the constellations in both hemispheres and where they could be seen during different times of the year, didn't know if I'd ever get to see the Southern Cross ... still don't, but that didn't matter.

With the dogs' Dr. Pepper potty schedule, I have taken a renewed interest in star-gazing. I see constellations, but I don't have the Golden Book volume about Astronomy; so, I don't know if these constellations are in the book. Here are some I have seen with a jaundiced eye: